Bidspirit auctions | Donley Auctions Auction Mar 21
Donley Auctions, Mar 21. 361 lots, estimates 50 - 40000 $.
Donley Auctions -
High Octane History: The Ultimate Petroliana & Advertising Auction
Step back in time to the golden age of the American road, where service stations were social hubs and neon lights beckoned travelers from miles away. This auction brings together a spectacular assembly of industrial artistry and commercial history, celebrating the vibrant visual culture that once defined our highways and main streets. From the gleam of polished porcelain to the warm hum of vintage neon, this collection offers a rare opportunity to acquire authentic pieces of Americana that have withstood the test of time.
This extensive catalog features an impressive array of double-sided porcelain (DSP) and single-sided porcelain (SSP) signs from iconic brands like Texaco, Sinclair, Mobil, and Phillips 66, alongside rare tire and battery advertisements. Collectors will marvel at the selection of restored and original condition gas pumps, including a rare Fry "Mae West" visible pump, classic clock-face models, and an assortment of authentic glass gas globes. The auction extends beyond the service station to include a robust selection of agricultural history, featuring vibrant seed corn and feed signs from DeKalb, Purina, and Wayne Feeds. Anchoring the sale are standout vehicles, including a beautifully refurbished 1947 Mercury Eight Convertible and a rugged 1971 International Harvester Scout II, ready for their next adventure.
These items are more than just collectibles; they are tangible connections to a bygone era of American industry and craftsmanship. Whether it is the typography of a vintage "Prescriptions" neon sign or the imposing stature of a 140-inch service station island light, each piece evokes a powerful sense of nostalgia. We are Chasing History with every lot, preserving the stories and aesthetics that shaped the 20th century. As Auctioneers of antiques. Collectors of cool. Veterans of vintage, we invite you to explore this curated selection and place your bids to bring a piece of this rich heritage into your own collection.
We are always seeking quality consignments for our future auctions. If you have a collection you are looking to sell, please send photos to consign@donleyauctions.com and let us make your collection fit in your wallet.
Lots in this catalog (361)
- Lot 1000: ECO Model 98 Tireflator Air Pump — $3,000 - $30,000
- Lot 1001: 42" Globe Gasoline DSP Porcelain Advertising Sign — $4,000 - $40,000
- Lot 1002: 72" Texaco DSP Porcelain Advertising Sign — $4,000 - $40,000
- Lot 1003: Framed 6' AMOCO Double Sided Advertising Sign — $800 - $8,000
- Lot 1004: 48" White Rose DSP Porcelain Advertising Sign — $5,000 - $50,000
- Lot 1005: 60" Kaiser Service DSP To Piece Advertising Sign — $3,000 - $30,000
- Lot 1007: 72" Black John Deere Neon Advertising Sign — $2,000 - $20,000
- Lot 1008: MOBIL GAS Single Sided NEON Advertising Sign — $4,000 - $40,000
- Lot 1010: Delco Batteries Advertising Neon Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1011: Pepsi Cola Die Cut Bottle Advertising Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1012: 30" 1866 Valvoline Motor Oil SST Advertising Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1013: Humphrey Cadillac Rockford SST Advertising Sign — $300 - $3,000
- Lot 1014: Registered NY Repair Shop DST Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1015: 1952 Auto-Lite Batteries SST Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1016: 60" Brunswick Tires SST Embossed Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1017: Eagles Nest Baby Chicks Upper Sandusky DST AD Sign — $500 - $2,000
- Lot 1018: 66" MFA Feeds SSP Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1019: Pioneer Products Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1020: 70" India Tires SST Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $6,000
- Lot 1021: Credit Union Single Sided Advertising Sign — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1022: Sinclair Pennsylvania Oil SSP Advertising Sign — $3,000 - $30,000
- Lot 1023: We Give Plaid Stamps SST Embossed Advertising Sign — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1024: 70" Wanda Oil Products SST Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $7,000
- Lot 1025: Yale Tires Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $4,000
- Lot 1026: Enjoy Double Cola SSP Porcelain Advertising Sign — $200 - $500
- Lot 1027: Pennzoil Sound Your Z SST Embossed Tin Sign — $2,000 - $20,000
- Lot 1028: Penn-Craft Retreads Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1029: Goodrich Batteries Tires SSP Advertising Sign — $800 - $8,000
- Lot 1030: Hood Tires Tubes SST Self Framed Advertising Sign — $800 - $8,000
- Lot 1031: Pepsi Machine Insert Single Sided Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1032: "FS" DSP Porcelain Advertising Sign — $600 - $6,000
- Lot 1033: Pennsylvania Tires Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $2,000 - $5,000
- Lot 1034: "Ok We Buy Cars & Trucks" SST Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $5,000
- Lot 1035: Auto Lite Batteries SST Embossed Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1036: County Life Country Mutual SST Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1037: Reverse Colors Ford Veribrite SSP Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1038: City Chevrolet Des Moines IA SST Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 1039: Studebaker Service Station SSP Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1040: Dutch Boy Paint Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1041: Opaline SSP Sinclair Gas Station Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $4,000
- Lot 1042: Mail Pouch Tobacco SSP Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1043: Purina For the Animals in your Life SST Ad Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1044: Purina Single Sided Embossed Tin Advertising Sign — $300 - $3,000
- Lot 1045: You Like 7-Up, It Likes You SST Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1046: Kendall Motor Oil Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $500 - $1,000
- Lot 1047: Whistle Sparkling Orange SST Advertising Sign — $1,500 - $15,000
- Lot 1048: 1950s 73" Wonder Bread SS Tin Advertising Sign — $600 - $6,000
- Lot 1049: 71" Mohawk Tires Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $1,500 - $15,000
- Lot 1050: Standard Oil Products SSP Advertising Sign — $1,500 - $15,000
- Lot 1051: Delco Batteries Single Sided Tin Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1052: 1950s-60s Pabst Blue Ribbon SST Advertising Sign — $1,500 - $8,000
- Lot 1053: PIXY-PAK All Jersey Milk SST Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1054: Cleveland Motor Club Danger Hotel Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 1055: Mail Pouch Chew Tobacco Advertising Thermometer — $50 - $500
- Lot 1056: Standard American Oil Advertising Thermometer — $50 - $500
- Lot 1057: Monroe Shock Absorbers SST Advertising Thermometer — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1058: Vintage Pepsi Cola Advertising Thermometer — $50 - $500
- Lot 1059: Any Weathers Pepsi Weather Advertising Thermometer — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1060: Vintage Pepsi Cola Metal Advertising Thermometer — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1061: Working Pabst Blue Ribbon Advertising Thermometer — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1062: Working Packard Motor Cars Advertising Thermometer — $50 - $500
- Lot 1063: Vintage Pepsi Cola SST Store Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1064: Mission Orange Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1065: 96" Prescriptions SSP Advertising Sign — $800 - $8,000
- Lot 1066: Working 1965 Pepsi Advertising Thermometer M-165 — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1067: 1967 Pepsi Please M-165 Advertising Thermometer ** — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1068: Texaco Producing Inc SSP Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1069: Working A&W 5c Advertising Thermometer — $50 - $500
- Lot 1070: Ohio State Game Refuge Warning Embossed Tin Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1071: Vintage Farm Crossing SST Advertising Sign J&E — $50 - $500
- Lot 1072: TOMCO Bred Corn SST Advertising Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1073: Dekalb Flying Ear Masonite SS Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1074: Pay Day Feeds Embossed Metal Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1075: Texaco Clean Clear Golden SSP Advertising Sign — $600 - $6,000
- Lot 1076: We Raise DeKalb Chix Single Sided Advertising Sign — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1077: 4H Club Member Lives Here Embossed SST AD Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1078: Tracto Motor Oil Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1079: Dr. Wells The Cooler Doctor Embossed SST AD Sign — $600 - $6,000
- Lot 1080: "Say PEPSI Please" Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $300 - $3,000
- Lot 1081: Newport Ciggerettes Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1082: 68" Keystone Motor Sales SST Advertising Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1083: 1953 108" Firestone SSP Advertising Sign — $1,500 - $15,000
- Lot 1084: Kendall Motor Oil SST Embossed Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1085: South Carolina Farm Bureau Member SST Ad Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1086: BLANEY Bushels Ahead Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1087: Kendall Motor Oil SST Embossed Advertising Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1088: 47" YAZOO Wasco Blacksmith SST Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1089: Pride Dealer Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1090: Arizona Apache Trail Single Sided Advertising Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1091: Illinois Farm Bureau Member SST Advertising Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1092: Gulf Super No Nox Porcelain Gasoline Pump Plate — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1093: Surge Milker Single Sided Metal Advertising Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1094: Say Pepsi Please SST Advertising Chalkboard — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1095: 58" VC Fertilizer Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $700 - $7,000
- Lot 1096: Armour Fertilizers Embossed SST Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1097: Copenhagen Chew SSP Porcelain Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $3,000
- Lot 1098: We Use The De Laval Cream Separator SST AD Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1099: Dan W. Mitchell Prescription SST Advertising Sign — $300 - $3,000
- Lot 1100: Vintage Electricity Conservation Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1101: Firestone SST Vertical Advertising Sign A-775 — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1102: 94" Goodrich Tires SSP Advertising Sign — $1,500 - $15,000
- Lot 1103: Large 54" PFG / JMEN Wooden Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1103a: 8.5' McCauley and Schulz Advertising Sign — $100 - $200
- Lot 1104: Baer Bros Paints DSP Flange Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 1105: Liquid Veneer Double Sided Advertising Flange Sign — $500 - $1,000
- Lot 1106: Champion Spark Plug Double Sided Porcelain Ad Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1107: Mule Hide Roofs Dealer DS Advertising Flange Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1108: Lauson Four Cycle Industrial Engine Flange Ad Sign — $500 - $1,000
- Lot 1109: GE TV Radio Service DSP Advertising Flange Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1109a: Steam Cleaning Oil Change DST Hanging AD Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1110: Thrifty Green Stamps Flange Advertising Sign — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1111: New Process K&S Oils DST Flange Advertising Sign — $500 - $1,000
- Lot 1111a: Auto-Lite Spark Plugs DST Advertising Flange Sign — $500 - $1,000
- Lot 1112: Mend Rite Tire Repair Advertising Flange Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1113: Caterpillar Farm Tractors DSP Advertising Sign — $300 - $1,000
- Lot 1114: Hazel Club Double Sided Flange Advertising Sign — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1114a: Shropshire Sheep Farms Hanging Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $5,000
- Lot 1115: En-ar-co National Motor Oil DSP Flange Ad Sign — $1,500 - $15,000
- Lot 1116: Cities Service National Charge Card Ad Flange Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1117: Lowe Brothers High Standard DSP Flange Ad Sign — $500 - $1,000
- Lot 1118: Farm Bureau Member Advertising Stop Sign — $50 - $500
- Lot 1119: Buffalo Turbine Sprayer DS Advertising Flange Sign — $600 - $6,000
- Lot 1120: Larro Feeds Double Sided Flange Advertising Sign — $600 - $6,000
- Lot 1121: NAPA Safety Double Sided Flange Advertising Sign — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1122: Socony Motor Oil DSP Flange Advertising Sign — $1,500 - $15,000
- Lot 1123: Masury Paints Varnishes Flange Advertising Sign — $300 - $3,000
- Lot 1124: Shell X-100 Motor Oil DSP Advertising Flange Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1125: CAA Ontario Motor League Flange Advertising Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1126: Hupmobile Service Flange Advertising Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1127: Auto-Lite Spark Plug DSP Advertising Flange Sign — $500 - $1,000
- Lot 1128: Zerolene Oil & Greases DSP Flange Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1129: A/C Service w Attachments Flange Advertising Sign — $2,000 - $20,000
- Lot 1130: Goodyear Service Station DSP Flange AD Sign — $2,000 - $20,000
- Lot 1131: Conkeys 1st Aid Products Flange Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1131a: AAA Emergency Service Hanging Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1132: "Stop Armstrong Tires" DSP Advertising Flange Sign — $1,000 - $10,000
- Lot 1133: Wakefield Castrol Oil DSP Flange Advertising Sign — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1134: William Marvy Beauty Salon Porcelain Flange Sign` — $500 - $5,000
- Lot 1135: Buy L&M Filters Chesterfield DST Flange AD Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1136: Wayne Feeds Arabian Farm SST Advertising Sign — $300 - $3,000
- Lot 1137: Barn O Matic Silo Unloader Stout Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1138: DeKalb At Work Single Sided Tin Advertising Sign — $300 - $1,000
- Lot 1139: Poussins Tweddle SST Embossed Advertising Sign — $200 - $2,000
- Lot 1140: ASCS Wisconsin Conservation Dept Hunting Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1141: 1970s Pepsi Cola Greek SST Advertising Sign — $400 - $4,000
- Lot 1142: Kraft "Pex" SST Embossed Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1143: Mallard Seed Corn Dealer SST Advertising Sign — $300 - $3,000
- Lot 1144: DUPONT Denatured Alcohol Advertising Thermometer — $100 - $1,000
- Lot 1145: EX-LAX DSP Advertising Machine Cover Display — $300 - $3,000
- Lot 1146: 7 Up Self Framed Embossed Tin Advertising Sign — $100 - $1,000